Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me Lyrics






What's the matter with the clothes I'm wearing?
"Can't you tell that your tie's too wide?"
Maybe I should buy some old tab collars?
"Welcome back to the age of jive
Where have you been hidin' out lately, honey?
You can't dress trashy till you spend a lot of money"
Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound
Funny, but it's still rock and roll to me

What's the matter with the car I'm driving?
"Can't you tell that it's out of style?"
Should I get a set of white wall tires?
"Are you gonna cruise the miracle mile?
Nowadays you can't be too sentimental
Your best bet's a true baby blue Continental"
Hot funk, cool punk, even if it's old junk
It's still rock and roll to me

Oh, it doesn't matter what they say in the papers
'Cause it's always been the same old scene
There's a new band in town
But you can't get the sound from a story in a magazine...
Aimed at your average teen

How about a pair of pink sidewinders
And a bright orange pair of pants?
"You could really be a Beau Brummell baby
If you just give it half a chance
Don't waste your money on a new set of speakers,
You get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneakers"
Next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways
It's still rock and roll to me

What's the matter with the crowd I'm seeing?
"Don't you know that they're out of touch?"
Should I try to be a straight 'A' student?
"If you are then you think too much
Don't you know about the new fashion honey?
All you need are looks and a whole lotta money"
It's the next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways
It's still rock and roll to me

Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound
Funny, but it's still rock and roll to me





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  1. n.... d....

    i LOVE this song. Makes me happy for some reason, awesome beat and tempo!

  2. J.... S....

    2019 and its still rock n roll to me!

  3. M.... D....

    Did a tour round MSG in 2014 on the day the stage was being set up for his concert that night. Hadn't thought about booking tickets to see him but hey, there may be another chance (this was before I realised that he does a monthly concert there).

    Fast forward to 2017 and for the missus' birthday (a few days before, but it still counts) I discovered he was playing again. Flights from the UK, hotel booked and of course the mandatory tickets and we were off to see the maestro at home. We weren't disappointed. And like a number of older acts I've seen (Queen, Bryan Adams), the age range of the audience went from teenagers to people in their 70s/80s.

    15 months later and he announces a concert at Old Trafford football ground in Manchester. Not being a fan of the team that plays there, I was faced with a dilemma. Do I boycott the concert just because of where it's being held, or do I put that to one side and go to see a musical legend. It was obvious which one was going to win...

    Trying to persuade the missus to go for a 3rd show back at MSG. She's resisting (for now...)

  4. J.... C....

    777..and not in the a.c.way baby!!!

  5. J.... C....

    777..and not in the a.c.way baby!!!

  6. A.... B....

    THIS SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE "MONEY" FROM PINK FLOYD FOR SOME REASON AND ITS KILLING ME


    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  7. A.... B....

    THIS SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE "MONEY" FROM PINK FLOYD FOR SOME REASON AND ITS KILLING ME


    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  8. D.... ....

    Honestly I’ve never been more disappointed in my parents for never telling me this man! His music is so good!! And I’m only 16

  9. s.... b....

    What's the matter with the clothes I'm wearing?
    Can't you tell that your tie's too wide?
    Maybe I should buy some old tab collars?
    Welcome back to the age of jive
    Where have you been hidin' out lately, honey?
    You can't dress this trashy till you spend a lot of money
    Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound
    Funny, but it's still rock and roll to me
    What's the matter with the car I'm driving?
    Can't you tell that it's out of style?
    Should I get a set of white wall tires?
    Are you gonna cruise a miracle mile?
    Nowadays you can't be too sentimental
    Your best bet's a true baby-blue Continental
    Hot funk, cool punk, even if it's old junk
    It's still rock and roll to me
    Oh, it doesn't matter what they say in the papers
    'Cause it's always been the same old scene
    There's a new band in town but you can't get the sound
    From a story in a magazine
    Aimed at your average teen
    How about a pair of pink sidewinders
    And a bright orange pair of pants?
    Well, you could really be a Beau Brummel, baby
    If you just give it half a chance
    Don't waste your money on a new set of speakers
    You get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneakers
    Next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways
    It's still rock and roll to me
    Alright
    Ooh, what's the matter with the crowd I'm seeing?
    Don't you know that they're out of touch?
    Well, should I try to be a straight-A student?
    If you are then you think too much
    Don't you know about the new fashion, honey?
    All you need are looks and a whole lotta money
    It's the next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways
    It's still rock and roll to me
    Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound
    Funny, but it's still rock and roll to me

  10. G.... R....

    i wish music was always like this

  11. L.... H....

    I fisrt heard billy in 1981 when steve spaid brougt his 45 to school. that was a great day ! (this song)

  12. M.... D....

    We need a biographical musical drama film about Billy Joel’s life and career called “PianoMan” starring Ben Platt as the rock singer and Ariana Grande as his wife Christie Brinkley and distributed by Sony/ Columbia Pictures. Who else Billy Joel fans agrees with me?
    👇🏽

  13. B.... M....

    A wedding reception where this isn't played isn't a real wedding reception.

  14. S.... g....

    The first joel

  15. C.... L....

    I performed this in show choir

  16. L.... P....

    "Welcome back to the age of jive .."

    Look forward to the AGE OF HIVE...

  17. M.... M....

    Where's Pedro's man

  18. L.... R....

    https://youtu.be/I3T7NyFToRg

  19. H.... ....

    Good song, but he looks like mid 2000's George Lopez and it's really getting to me

  20. J.... B....

    Billy idol is both the cringiest and coolest guy at the same time

  21. C.... J....

    Tyler reminded me of the early 1980's and my chevy van. Good times and bad times !

    C.... J....

    We’ve all had our share!

  22. a.... c....

    0:55 that's the perfect line in a almost 40 year old song

  23. t.... ....

    This song is too underrated.
    But it’s still rock and rol-
    I’m not dumb enough to make that joke.
    Let’s just say it’s good

    t.... ....

    it was a huge song back in the day

    t.... ....

    wayouttatune2 ik

  24. d.... ....

    no one:
    absolutely no one:
    comment section: “who’s watching this in 2019?”

    d.... ....

    darkllama it’s just you

  25. D.... H....

    Te amo billy joel

  26. G.... C....

    Saxofónrock

  27. F.... d....

    Coitado, imagina a agonia dele fazer uma música onde o carro moderno é fiat argo e chevrolet onix rsrs

  28. D.... M....

    I love your music sir.

  29. D.... H....

    Music changes my life makes me go to another world and think about what it means I love it

  30. C.... A....

    It’s still the USA even though few know the laws.

  31. M.... A....

    Like si lo ves en 2019, saludos desde FRESNILLO Zacatecas México al Mundo yeahhhhhh 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽 viva México, Billy Joel Maestro 🙏✌👍🇲🇽.

  32. E.... C....

    billy joel unos de los grandes de los 80's

  33. H.... H....

    God Bless Ya Billy ! I dont listen to music all that much but I sometimes get in my moods. I soon want to get and sit in a beanbag chair with an AWESOME set of headphones , drink some tequila and relax to Stranger. I wonder if the new generation appreciates your music ? Your so great that my pet Cockatoo's favorite song is Still Rock n Roll to me ! He only damces to this !

  34. H.... S....

    Welcome To 🇲🇽2020🎹🤘

  35. T.... W....

    My top ten billy Joel songs are.

    1 It’s still rock and roll to me

    2 Tell her About it

    3 Uptown Girl

    4 Piano man

    5 We didn’t start the fire

    6 you may be right

    7 sometimes a fantasy

    8 River of dreams

    9 Christie Lee

    10 Only the good die young

    Billy Joel May be old he still awesome

  36. B.... b....

    2019? Anyone still a great song

  37. c.... k....

    This man's lyrics were more punk than any punk that followed him. Absolute legend.

    Don't let that rock 'n' roll monikor fool you.

  38. J.... J....

    Like si a tus 50 años aun te mueve esta rola

  39. B.... ....

    What's a matter with the car I'm driving

  40. c.... ....

    There's no music that sounds quite like this.

    c.... ....

    But its still rock'n'roll to me

  41. M.... F....

    @Sir Billy Joel, thank you for being a friend to me on Tube these past 10 years!

  42. E.... I....

    Billy Joel en México!!! Por fin larga espera

  43. S.... P....

    OMG I never realized he was doing an Elvis impression.

  44. C.... W....

    Why does Billy Joel sound different in every song

  45. M.... ....

    So this is where KRS one got that rift for the bridge is over.. Bronx created hip hop Queens will always get dropped ya still telling lies to me...👌

  46. A.... A....

    You can buy expensive things for cheap prices on China...
    I won

  47. D.... D....

    Yeah you go Billy! This is Rockne’ Roll!

  48. j.... s....

    heard that after his sax player was fired he killed himself if that is so that is soo sad. loved his sax player on this tune

  49. F.... ....

    In my top five billy joel songs here they are
    1:it's still rock and roll to me
    2:uptown girl
    3:we didn't start the fire
    4:the longest time
    5:the river of dreams

    F.... ....

    What about piano man?

    F.... ....

    @JUDY CINIELLO That is my mom's favorite one

  50. C.... M....

    2:10 when your dog smells your food

    C.... M....

    OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo

  51. A.... P....

    Still rock en roll to me, yeah! October 2019

    A.... P....

    Arp Ph yeah man

  52. L.... M....

    i have all of those things including the car

  53. T.... G....

    Love billy! 🎶

  54. �.... ....

    00:56 한번두번 입안에서 쪽쪽?
    그런거 같기도하고...

  55. C.... b....

    I’m 11 and I love this song

  56. G.... T....

    Mrs McFadden's 6th grade class at Sunset Elementary. We got to play 45s on Friday afternoons. This one was big :)

  57. a.... h....

    El gran billi

  58. J.... J....

    You guys can shut up clearly everybody here likes billy joel

  59. R.... ....

    Bloke is such a legend it’s unreal.

    R.... ....

    Lol Brit c:

  60. D.... C....

    Me: yeah I love this song
    Them: yeah me too

    D.... C....

    Nice dreads!

    D.... C....

    @Government Official thx man

  61. R.... A....

    1:50 I love when the solos were done with saxo instead of guitars as in Foreigner's Urgent

  62. p.... ....

    Is he drinking budweiser??

  63. C.... 1....

    I love how Billy Joel is so happy and energetic in this video.. 🙃

  64. t.... ....

    Superb Billy Joel classic and old favourite, still enjoy listening to this song! :) And a big BOOOOO to the 2.1k that dislike this song!

  65. I.... ....

    Umm 2019 people ...

  66. D.... M....

    Very very overrated singer, worse than costello

    D.... M....

    Danny Mckenna record sales disagree with your statement

    D.... M....

    Record sales is one thing but to label this man as a legend is far fetched

    D.... M....

    Danny Mckenna this man wrote all of his songs known by many, and to have the success he has had over the years I don’t think he’s overrated at all, there’s other artists from back then that could be overrated, Michael Jackson, Madonna, The Beatles even

  67. B.... V....

    Philly rock 🎸

  68. M.... D....

    Mi favorito en 1983

  69. N.... E....

    The song is fantastic, but the video’s white flashes are bugging me.

  70. N.... P....

    Check out "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" in my playlist: Vh1 We Are The 80's - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYJiDOhfGiGxkypoTEBrlo8YyHSHmYEo8

  71. t.... r....

    Put it this way Billy cant come close to Elvis Presley AS KING OF ROCK, ,,, NOT EAVEN CLOSE,,, ELVIS HAD THE VOICE AND THE MOVES, THE MOVIES , HE WAS ALSO THE KING OF SOUL,,

  72. t.... r....

    This song was RECORDED IN 1979 , He had many hits in the 70s also ,,, Glass houses was Recorded in 79 I remember how much I liked his song my life in 77

  73. F.... G....

    Lots of guitars going on here

  74. l.... -....

    Damn, he used to get the good coke.

  75. P.... A....

    2019 09 14
    I listen this music again.

    P.... A....

    I knew there would be someone else.

  76. M.... ....

    2019 this rocks 🤘🏻

  77. O.... N....

    It's still rock and roll to meeee.
    Sips beer
    Anyways it's still rock and roll to me

  78. J.... B....

    Music these days stink . This was music . 80s rule.

  79. M.... J....

    everytime i see young billi joel he looks like a role that michael keaton is playing.

  80. a.... K....

    This Song ist a Special kind of catchy

  81. E.... C....

    Muy bonita canción. Very good son

    E.... C....

    Digo lo mismo

  82. R.... G....

    I love this song. What is it also everything I hate about the music industry at the sTILL ROCK N ROLL TO ME

  83. M.... E....

    ❤🤘😎

    M.... E....

    🤳🤘🤘🤘

  84. G.... G....

    Great song, it's what McCartney's solo stuff would sound like if he was American.

  85. T.... T....

    What's with this clip 1:22

  86. J.... ....

    Unpopular opinion: this is my favorite bj song

  87. S.... W....

    Those lyrics are catchy.......the rhythm is so contagious.

  88. U.... N....

    This is heartwarming music.

  89. J.... L....

    Classic Billy Joel....he is one of the best songwriters of our times....LOVE THIS 💜

  90. R.... M....

    Was it taken from the "Glass Houses" Album in 1980?

  91. b.... ....

    THIS IS BILLY JOEL TOO?!?!

  92. V.... J....

    Sorry ,..but,...it's still billy joel to me ,....

  93. j.... s....

    its still rock n roll to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  94. O.... i....

    They should do a piano man movie who can agree

  95. O.... G....

    Muy buena rolita

  96. L.... P....

    Billy congratulations on your 765K subscribers cowboy 🤠

  97. L.... P....

    I wonder what’s in a newspaper 📰 today?